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Ionophores

Known as: ionophore 
Chemical agents that increase the permeability of biological or artificial lipid membranes to specific ions. Most ionophores are relatively small… 
National Institutes of Health

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AlamethicinIonomycinLasalocidMonensin

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AntibioticsIon TransportUncoupling Agents
Cell Membrane PermeabilityIn BloodIon ChannelIonophore activity

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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Synthetic Studies in the Lysocellin Family of Polyether Antibiotics. The Total Synthesis of Ferensimycin B
A convergent asymmetric synthesis of the polyether antibiotic ferensimycin B has been completed. Chiral enolate bond… 
1988
1988
Design features of ionophores for ion selective electrodes
Abstract 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Evidence for a role for cellular alkalinization in the cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated initiation of motility in bovine caput spermatozoa.
Bicarbonate ion, the local anesthetics procaine and dibucaine, and the ionophores monensin and nigericin have been shown to… 
1983
1983
pH regulation of divalent/monovalent Ca/K cation transport selectivity by a macrocyclic carrier molecule.
The lipophilic dicarboxylic acid-dicarboxamide macrocycle 1 is an efficient carrier for calcium and potassium transport through a… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Inhibitory effects of diltiazem on platelet activation caused by ionophore A23187 plus ADP or epinephrine in subthreshold concentrations.
We examined the effects of the slow channel Ca++ blocker diltiazem on human platelet aggregation and TXA2 generation. Diltiazem… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Prostacyclin release from cultured and ex vivo bovine vascular endothelium. Studies with thrombin, arachidonic acid, and ionophore A23187.
Prostacyclin release from systemic and pulmonary endothelium has been evaluated in cultured cell monolayers and in an ex vivo… 
1980
1980
Effects of general central nervous system depressants with and without calcium ionophore A23187 of rat cerebellar cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate.
Rat cerebellar cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) concentrations were determined by radioimmune methods after sacrifice… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Specificity of phospholipases in methylcholanthrene-transformed mouse fibroblasts activated by bradykinin, thrombin, serum, and ionophore A23187.
Methylcholanthrene-transformed mouse fibroblasts synthesize prostaglandins in response to bradykinin, thrombin, serum, and the… 
1977
1977
A comparison of the effects of phytohaemagglutinin and of calcium ionophore A23187 on the metabolism of glycerolipids in small lymphocytes.
1. The effects of phytohaemagglutinin and of a Ca2+ ionophore (A23187) on glycerolipid metabolism in lymphocytes from pig lymph… 
1976
1976
Some effects of ionophore A23187 on energy utilization and the distribution of cations and anions in mitochondria.
The effects of ionophore A23187 on the movements of Ca2+, Mg2+, H+ phosphate, and succinate and its effects on energy utilization…